Index: if-archive/infocom

Under this directory are two quite distinct categories of information:

  • Historical material relating to Infocom, a commercial publisher of IF, active 1979-1989, and its works;
  • Tools (such as Inform) which relate to the reverse-engineering of Infocom's story format (the "Z-machine"), and the creation of new works using that format and its descendants.

16 Subdirectories

adverts

Advertisements published by Infocom

articles

Magazine articles about Infocom and its works

compilers

Tools for building new works in the Z-machine format (and its descendants)

demos

Demo versions of Infocom games and other works

fonts

Fonts used in Infocom products

hints

Hints and solutions for Infocom's games

icons

Fan-made icons for Infocom's games (and other IF files)

images

Miscellaneous images relating to Infocom and its works

info

Information about Infocom and its works

interpreters

Interpreters for Z-code works (both Infocom's and others'), and related tools

media

Graphics and sound files from Infocom games

NZT+TSL

"New Zork Times" / "The Status Line", Infocom's newsletters

patches

Patches to convert between versions of Infocom's games

shipped-documentation

Versions of documentation accompanying Infocom's games

tools

Tools for working with Infocom's games, and with other Z-code files

z-machine [link to if-archive/infocom/interpreters/specification]

The reverse-engineered specification of Infocom's Z-machine (and later extensions)